Samuel Eliot
Morison Award

Join
us for a special award presentation

Thursday,
October 23 at 5:30 p.m.

John J. Moakley
Courthouse, Boston

The Museum’s mission

The USS Constitution Museum serves as the memory and
the educational voice of USS CONSTITUTION, by collecting, preserving,
and interpreting the stories of “Old Ironsides” and the people associated with
her.We seek to create a positive,
memorable experience for both children and adults by inspiring within them a
love for the freedom that CONSTITUTION symbolizes.We will share CONSTITUTION’s
contributions with a global audience, and we will strive to be the best museum
possible based on scholarship and innovative ways of sharing CONSTITUTION’s stories.

Samuel Eliot Morison Award

The highest recognition by the Board of Trustees of a person
whose public service has enhanced the image of USS CONSTITUTION and who
reflects the best of Admiral Morison: artful scholarship, patriotic pride, an
eclectic interest in the sea and things maritime, and a desire to preserve the
best of our past for future generations.

The event

The presentation of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award to
Patrick O’Brian (posthumously), for his contributions to the field of maritime
scholarship and literature, including his creation of the Napoleonic and War of
1812 Aubrey and Maturin
naval historical novels